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...Although Undergraduate Council Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 argued at yesterday’s meeting of the full Faculty that beaming the meetings would “permit transparency,” as well as foster debate, professors chose, without a formal vote, to continue the long-standing practice of prohibiting live broadcast. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the Oct. 17 news article "Faculty Meetings Stay Off the Air" incorrectly stated that professors decided without a formal vote to continue the long-standing practice of prohibiting live broadcasts of Faculty of Arts and Sciences meetings. In fact, the decision was made after a formal vote. In addition, also due to an editing error, the story failed to mention that the Faculty can still vote to permit live broadcasting on a case-by-case basis...
Before President Drew G. Faust took center stage with the formal installation ceremony Friday afternoon, that morning the festivities focused more on the University’s diverse intellectual vitality as five faculty symposia showcased some of Harvard’s greatest thinkers...
...rights came in for the toughest criticism. Despite a 2005 pledge to "provide relief" for its political prisoners, Beijing continued to detain and imprison democracy activists as well as those attempting to organize workers in labor unions not approved by the government. Police routinely detain people for days without formal charge or more justification than to avoid protests or "social unrest," it said...
...fact, the growing respect the Justices have for one another has led to more contact among them under Roberts, not less. "This is a place where rather than hurling aspersions, people will actually sit at lunch and chat and laugh," Thomas says. "When we have formal meetings on the bench or at conference, we have lunch. When I first got here, it was two, three people, a maximum of four. Now--today, for example--it was the entire court, all nine. It is an interesting experience...